Bottle



(No Model.)

L. BURNETT.

BOTTLE.

No. 591,125. Patented Oct. 5,1897.

M y a NTE ATENT rrrcn.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 591,125, dated October 5, 1897. Application filed January 19, 1897. Serial No. 619,806. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEANDER BURNETT, a citizen of the United States of America, re siding at Ravenswood, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottles, and relates particularly to that class that when once filled and sealed cannot be opened and rescaled in the original manner without being detected.

To this endthe invention has for its object to provide simple and effective means for accomplishing the above result and to prevent the counterfeiting of various liquids with in-- ferior goods and selling the same for the genuine or original article, as is frequently done by unscrupulous persons.

\Vith the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter more specifically described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,and wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the different views, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of the bottle-neck and a part of the body portion, showing the position of the seal when made. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the bottle, showing body portion broken away and seal made. Fig. 3 is a side view of the neck before the seal is made. Fig. 4is a side view of the neck, partly broken away to show seal.

My invention resides entirely within the neck of the bottle, and, referring to the drawings by reference-letters, a indicates the neck of the bottle, which is formed around its top with an exterior annular flange I), provided on one side of the bottle-neck with an upwardly-projecting arm 0, adapted to be of about thesame length as the widthof the mouth of the bottle across the upper face of the same. This arm has formed 011 its inner face, near the upper end, a lug d, which engages the inner face of the bottle-neck in the manner shown in Fig. i when the arm is bent overto form the seal, while the portion of the arm projecting above this lug engages in a groove e, formed in the flange b. All ordinary cork is employed in connection with my improvement to complete the seal.

The manner in which the bottle is sealed after being filled is as follows: The cork is placed in the neck of the bottle, and the project-ing arm 0 is then heated, which may be done by a blowpipe or other suitable means until the same is reduced to a flexible state, when the same is bent over across the top of the bottleneck, with the lug d engaging the inner face of the same and the portion of the arm above the lug engaging in the groove in the flange. After the glass has become cooled it will be impossible to'return same to its normal position without breaking, as the lug d engages firmly against the inner face of the bottle-neck, thus necessitating the breaking of this arm before the cork can be withdrawn,

which may be easily done when it is desired to open the bottle; but the mutilation will indicate that the original contents have been tampered with.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction, such as in the form of the arm and the like, without departing from the general spirit of my invention. V

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure-by Letters Patent, isy In a bottle, the neck thereof carrying an up weirdly-extending arm having a lug near its upper end, said arm adapted to be heated and bent across the neckof the bottle, said lug engaging the inner face of the neck when the arm is bent, and the portion beyond the lug engaging the rim of the neck, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEANDERV BURNETT. 

